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The Best Episodes of Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1

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"Never lose that strength or nobility, even when you grow up." When Utena was just a child and in the depths of sorrow, she found salvation in those words. They were the words of a

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 39 - And Someday, Together, We'll Shine
    9.0/10(145 votes)

    S1:E39

    Everything comes to an end. Something shiny, eternity, miracles, the revolution of the world. Catch the stunning climax to Revolutionary Girl Utena!

    Director:Toru Takahashi
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  2. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 31 - Her Tragedy
    8.9/10(106 votes)

    S1:E31

    Nanami finds out that her and Touga are not true siblings, and becomes overly depressed by this. To the point of running away from home... and suddenly being invited to live with Anthy and Utena by Akio! This is gonna more troublesome then a duel for Utena.

    Director:Yukio Okazaki
    Writer:Noboru Higa

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  3. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 36 - And Thus Opens the Doorway of Night
    8.9/10(102 votes)

    S1:E36

    Touga tells Utena the truth. About his true feelings, and that he's always loved her.. Unfortunately for Touga, Utena loves someone else. Touga then challenges Utena to a duel, while placing a bet. If he wins, she becomes his girlfriend.. if she wins, the Student Council no longer aims for the Rose Bride.

    Director:Toru Takahashi
    Writer:Ryoe Tsukimura

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  4. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 37 - The One to Revolutionize the World
    8.9/10(102 votes)

    S1:E37

    Utena has gone though many battles.. Friends, Student Council, and people she barely knew. Nothing will compare though, to the battle she must fight now. Will she battle or will she not?

    Director:Katsushi Sakurabi
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  5. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 38 - End of the World
    8.9/10(122 votes)

    S1:E38

    Utena vs. The End of the World. The truth is discovered.. about the duels, the Rose Bride, and the Prince.

    Director:Shingo Kaneko
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  6. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 20 - Wakaba Flourishing
    8.8/10(107 votes)

    S1:E20

    Lately, Wakaba has been acting so brisk. And she goes home straight right after school. Actually, Wakaba has a secret at home. She is hiding Saionji, who got expelled from school. Since she has a secret crush on him, she is so happy with him. Besides, Wakaba feels so special of herself, being with a kind of special guy. However, she knows this life with Saionji won't last so much longer. She thinks once he returns to school, he won't even remeber her at all. Saionji is making a hair ornament for Wakaba to show his gratitude. Mikage suddenly appears before Saionji and makes a deal that Saionji will return to school. What Mikage wants Saionji to do in return, was to give the hair ornament to Anthy. Seeing Anthy wearing the hair ornament, Wakaba realizes that Saionji's mind has always been with Anthy and she can never be special. At Nemuro Memorial Hall, Wakaba confesses that she wants to beat special people.

    Director:Katsushi Sakurabi
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 34 - The Rose Crest
    8.7/10(114 votes)

    S1:E34

    Utena is invited to a theater play, and takes Akio and Anthy. Unfortunately, she doesn't know that the play is about the truth behind the Rose Bride and the prince.

    Director:Katsushi Sakurabi
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  8. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 29 - Azure Paler Than the Sky
    8.6/10(118 votes)

    S1:E29

    Ruka is back once more, but this time he takes Juri and uses her to duel Utena for him! Will Utena be able to pull off another miracle?

    Director:Yoshiaki Iwasaki
    Writer:Ryoe Tsukimura

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  9. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 30 - The Barefoot Girl
    8.6/10(101 votes)

    S1:E30

    Utena has started thinking about her Prince again.. and if she's allowed to love someone else. Utena's world is about to change even more so.

    Director:Katsushi Sakurabi
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  10. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 32 - The Romance of the Dancing Girls
    8.6/10(102 votes)

    S1:E32

    After Touga attempts to get Nanami back, she refuses and blurts out the truth. Then... that night, she sees Akio doing something very forbidden...

    Director:Shingo Kaneko
    Writer:Noboru Higa

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  11. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 23 - The Terms of a Duelist
    8.5/10(114 votes)

    S1:E23

    Mikage asks Utena to join his seminar again, actually trying to include her in his side, the Black Rose Association. This time, to convince her, he also offers himself as a consultant so that Utena can ask him when Utena or her friends have any problem. Thinking about Anthy's Rose Bride problem, Utena decides to see Mikage. But at Nemuro Memorial Hall, Utena finds photographs of Duelists, Kozue, Shiori, Wakaba, and others. Utena notices that Mikage is behind this whole thing. Utena challenges Mikage to a duel.

    Director:Yukio Okazaki
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 25 - Their Eternal Apocalypse
    8.5/10(97 votes)

    S1:E25

    Anthy and Utena move out of their dorm and into the right wing of the chairman's office so Anthy and Akio can be closer to each other. Then suddenly Saionji comes back to duel!

    Director:Shingo Kaneko
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  13. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 33 - The Prince Who Runs Through the Night
    8.5/10(100 votes)

    S1:E33

    Anthy has Akio deliver some roses to a far away place, taking Utena with him. After a day at the Carnival, Utena and Akio bond late at night.

    Director:Toru Takahashi
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  14. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 35 - The Love That Blossomed in Wintertime
    8.3/10(96 votes)

    S1:E35

    Touga suddenly comes back into Utena's life, wanting to spend more time with her. Then, Touga finally realizes the truth about his life.. and how much he was used.

    Director:Hayato Date
    Writer:Ryoe Tsukimura

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  15. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 12 - For Friendship, Perhaps
    8.2/10(125 votes)

    S1:E12

    Utena was defeated. But the real shock for her was not the fact that she was defeated, but the fact that from Touga's explanation, she learned that Anthy was just playing the role of the bride around Utena, which means Anthy pretended she wanted to quite the bride, become an ordinary girl, and make many friends, *because* Utena, or the Victor of the Duel, so wished. Utena now loses herself. Wakaba, although she knows nothing about what's going on with Utena, she tries to cheer her up. Gradually, Utena gets back to herself. Utena goes to the rose garden to see Touga. Touga thinks she's come to accept his date offer. However, she challenges him to a duel.

    Director:Toru Takahashi
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 19 - A Song for a Kingdom Now Lost
    8.2/10(103 votes)

    S1:E19

    One day, Utena receives a love-letter from a guy. And the guy turns out to be Wakaba's childhood friend, Tatsuya, who she calls "Onion Prince". The reason why she named him "Onion Prince" is that when they were very young and she was made fun of her hair as "Onion Headed", he helped her out as "Onion Prince" (but the flashback doesn't look like...). Gradually, Utena figures out that Wakaba is still in love with him. Utena tells Wakaba to be more honest. Besides, Utena also finds that Tatsuya is actually still in love with Wakaba and the reason why he sent Utena a love-letter is to get close to Wakaba. Then Utena tells Tatsuya that it's worth confessing his feelings to Wakaba because Utena is sure that they are both in love with each other. Now what's left is that Tatsuya confesses to her on the hill with the legendary tree. So far such a beautiful story! However...

    Director:Toru Takahashi
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 28 - Whispers in the Dark
    8.2/10(97 votes)

    S1:E28

    An old friend named Ruka returns to the Academy after a long leave. He takes over the Fencing Team again, and then challenges Utena to a duel, using Shiori as a Rose Bride!

    Director:Toru Takahashi
    Writer:Ryoe Tsukimura

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  18. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 9 - The Castle Said to Hold Eternity
    8.1/10(121 votes)

    S1:E9

    In the Kendo Dojo, Saionji and Touga are fighting a Kendo duel. Touga defeats Saionji by a narrow margin. Utena hears from Saionji that they has fought hundreds of duels in the last ten years. Saionji also tells Utena that he wants to win the duels and take Anthy to the midair castle above the Arena. A memory crosses his mind about that raining day when he was a young boy... One day, he receives a letter from the Ends of the World, in which they say the castle will fall down to the Arena today. On the other hand, Utena gets a phone call from someone and he says Anthy is being kidnapped at the Forest of the Arena.

    Director:Takuya Igarashi
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 11 - Gracefully Cruel - The One Who Picks That Flower
    8.1/10(120 votes)

    S1:E11

    Having observed the last five duels, Touga is now positive that he has completed collecting sufficient data to defeat Utena. Touga has been implying to Utena that he is the prince she has been looking for. One day, in the rose garden, Touga shows Utena that he is her prince in concrete terms. However, he challenges Utena to a duel. Believing that Anthy wants to quit being the Rose Bride, become an ordinary girl, and make many friends, Utena decides to beat her prince for Anthy's sake.

    Director:Shingo Kaneko
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 17 - The Thorns of Death
    8.1/10(115 votes)

    S1:E17

    Shiori, who Juri got a secret crush on, has transferred back to Ohtori Academy. Juri, however, is so cold to her. Shiori thinks the reason is that she took a guy she thought Juri had a crush on away from her. But Juri tells her that she didn't even care about that. Shiori wonders then whose picture is in Juri's locket. One day, Juri finally decides to throw her locket away. However, someone picks it up and puts it in Shiori's dorm room so that Shiori will find what's inside. Now Shiori knows that Juri has been suffering from the secret crush on her. Shiori feels relieved from the sense of inferiority that she has been suffering from and struggling to get over with for a long time. Besides, she even feels a sense of superiority to Juri. However, she is also upset with the way Juri has been looking at her. "I understand." says Mikage to Shiori "I suppose you have no choice but to revolutionize the world. The way before you has been prepared."

    Director:Katsushi Sakurabi
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 22 - Nemuro Memorial Hall
    8.1/10(109 votes)

    S1:E22

    There is only one black rose left now. Akio is wondering if Mikage will finally fight Utena himself. But instead of fighting, Mikage decides to include Utena in his side, and asks Utena to join his Mikage Seminar, but Utena turns it down. Mikage talks about Nemuro Memorial Hall, where Mikage now holds his seminar. Decades ago, there was a professor called Professor Nemuro, who was doing some research at the hall. One day, there was a fire, and the hall burned down, which took away 100 lives of his students.

    Director:Hayato Date
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  22. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 26 - Miki's Nest Box (The Sunlit Garden - Arranged)
    8.1/10(99 votes)

    S1:E26

    The End of the World use the recently injured Kozue to get Miki to duel with Utena! Of course, realizing it's his chance to get Anthy again.. he goes for it, and uses Kozue as his own Rose Bride!

    Director:Yukio Okazaki
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 7 - Unfulfilled Juri
    8.0/10(138 votes)

    S1:E7

    Juri believes there are no miracles. In the past, she secretly loved someone, but she couldn't win the person's heart. She thinks if there were miracles, she could have achieved her love. One day, Juri talks with Utena, and she gets enraged by Utena's words that she believes in miracles for the destiny between her "prince" and herself. Juri challenges Utena to a duel and tells her to show that there are miracles by defeating Juri by a miracle.

    Director:Yukio Okazaki
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 18 - Mitsuru's Impatience
    8.0/10(102 votes)

    S1:E18

    Tsuwabuki has still been serving Nanami as if he were her servant. Tsuwabuki's friend, Mari, isn't happy with him for being like that. She says Tsuwabuki is just being taken advantage of because he is just a child. Later, he begins to realize that he is treated as a child by Nanami. He wishes he were Nanami's age. Tsuwabuki asks Utena what he has to do to become a grown-up. Utena says it is probably to experience various things. Tsuwabuki tries to "experience various things" by watching kiss-scenes in films. Mari makes a fun of him, saying it is obvious that one who has experienced a real kiss is more grown up than one who has seen a hundred kiss-scenes. Tsuwabuki tries to do it with Mari and gets slapped. Nanami witnesses. When she asks him about the affair, Tsuwabuki realizes that he is treated as a child after all. At Nemuro Memorial Hall, he confesses that he wishes to grow up right now. Mikage takes advantage of him.

    Director:Yukio Okazaki
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Revolutionary Girl Utena Season 1 Episode 27 - Nanami's Egg
    8.0/10(106 votes)

    S1:E27

    Nanami is having dreams of her laying an egg.. unfortunately for her, she wakes up with an egg in her bed! Does this mean she's a mother?

    Director:Hayato Date
    Writer:Noboru Higa

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"And Someday, Together, We'll Shine" is the best rated episode of "Revolutionary Girl Utena" season 1. It scored 9/10 based on 145 votes. Directed by Toru Takahashi and written by Yoji Enokido, it aired on 12/24/1997. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Her Tragedy".